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METROPOLITAN-Fifth Ave. at 82nd. Something for everyone: Rembrandt's paintings and prints; Raphael's long-lost drawing of Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist; Wedgwood's revolutionary creamware; English jugs transfer-printed with American heroes and history; the architectural fantasies of previous world's fairs; Dutch, Flemish and French paintings...
METROPOLITAN-Fifth Ave. at 82nd. A two-sided Raphael drawing believed lost for nearly 100 years and purchased by the Met for $89,600 highlights a small show of recent acquisitions (through May 30). In the 18th century, Josiah Wedgwood revolutionized the potter's art with creamy earthenware that he made for shopkeepers as well as royalty; 250 pieces, the first exhibition of its kind, include the humbler versions and some made for Catherine the Great. Through Sept...
...about seven months, and it is still substantially empty, but Barbra is filling it with her own brand of antiques, the pursuit of which is her only hobby. She has an old dentist's cabinet for her ribbons and lace, an apothecary jar filled with beauty marks, a Wedgwood slop bucket, slabs of stained glass ready for installation, an old captain's desk, Portuguese chairs, 50 used hats, and 80 ancient shoe buckles on as many ancient shoes, which she wears...
...this, ironically, the new Tory Prime Minister can thank Labor M.P. Anthony Wedgwood Benn, whose gallant campaign to shed his father's viscountcy won the nation's support for the law. *Home is the 20th Old Etonian Prime Minister (of 45), and the 13th to have attended Christ Church...
...fledgling amahs have a talent for smashing the Wedgwood, the wives of British soldiers and technicians, coming from a land where servants have vanished from all but the stateliest homes, tend to be even clumsier at handling the help. Wailed one sub-lieutenant's wife who recently hired her first maid: "I don't know whether to treat her as a servant or a sister...